"The national drought reform process in Australia has been very slow, it has not been at the pace we'd like to see," he said.

"There's a lot of things yet that we still need to see the Federal Government address when it comes to national drought policy reform and I think this budget has not even touched on a fraction of it yet."

Mr Burke says hardship allowances for farmers and the provision of more rural financial counsellors come too late for the industry.

He says the new farm finance program is a good start but the limit of $30 million per state will not be enough for Queensland producers.

"To set a cursory figure for a state doesn't account for the demand on such a scheme," he said.

"If people need the assistance, then they certainly shouldn't be limited on a first-come, first-served basis.

"What if after $30 million they cut it off and there's still people requiring assistance? I just don't think that's good policy."

Cattle exports

Meanwhile, Cloncurry grazier Andrew Daniels says it is disappointing to see no funding to send cattle to Indonesia in this year's federal budget.

A crisis summit in Richmond, east of Mount Isa, called on the Federal Government to spend $150 million from the foreign aid budget to give cattle to Indonesia to ease the pressure on the northern beef market.

Mr Daniels says the lack of funding shows the Federal Government does not understand how important the cattle export industry is to their income.

"You just can't comprehend it, it's just crazy to think that the $6 billion industry that's crying out for $150 million that is going to one of those countries for foreign aid anyway, couldn't be sent over in protein," he said.

Southern Qld

Mr Scott, the Member for Maranoa, says he needs more details about the $40 million to help councils build post-flood infrastructure and if it will go towards levees.

"Roma is one of those that doesn't have sufficient money to complete the levee bank that they want to construct," he said.

Mr Scott also says the money to upgrade the Warrego Highway is long overdue.

The Government has announced it will spend $317 million on a package of works between Toowoomba and Miles.

However, Mr Scott says he wants to know if this is really a new announcement.

"There's money for the Warrego Highway, which will certainly be welcome and long overdue for between Toowoomba and Miles, the upgrade of the highway there, and I hope it's certainly going to be more passing lanes as well as an upgrade of the highway," he said.

"I want to make sure that that isn't money that's already been started to be spent or whether it's new money, so I'm going to have to track that down."

Mr Scott is angry the Regional Australia Infrastructure Fund has been axed and that regional Australia missed out in this budget.

"That's certainly one that I was hoping was going to continue so we could see some significant investment in roads in regional Australia," he said.

North-west Qld

Meanwhile, the Member for Kennedy, Bob Katter, says positives in the budget for Queensland's north-west include $10 million to upgrade the Barkly Highway, $10 million for housing for medical professionals in Mount Isa, and the previously announced $420 million for the farm financing scheme.

"One of the reasons that we find it difficult to find doctors is ... just simply inferior living conditions," he said.

Mr Katter also says axing the baby bonus is a move in the wrong direction.

Treasurer Wayne Swan also announced a cut to the $5,000 scheme and replaced it with a $2,000 payment under the family tax benefit part A.

Mr Katter says it is expensive to raise children and young parents need all the help they can get.

"I'm deeply disappointed that we're going in the wrong direction in helping our young women to have babies with the enormous costs of having children is prohibitive now and we we're a vanishing race," he said.